amenable的词源

英文词源

amenable (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1590s, "liable," from Anglo-French amenable, Middle French amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" (see ad-) + mener "to lead," from Latin minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," variant of minari "threaten" (see menace (n.)). Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence. Related: Amenably.

中文词源

amenable:顺从的

发音释义:[ə'miːnəb(ə)l] vt. 顺从的,易于管教的,易于屈服的,容易被说服的;负有责任的;经得起检验的

结构分析:amenable = a(去)+men(引导)+able(能够)→能够被引导的→顺从的

词源解释:men←法语mener(引导)←拉丁语minare(通过喊叫来驱赶牲畜)

趣味记忆:amenable = amen(阿门)+able→虔诚的基督教徒→顺从的、易被说服的、负有责任的、经得起检验的

同源词:menace(威胁←喊叫),promenade(散步、遛←驱赶牲畜往前走)

衍生词:amenability(顺从,服从义务)

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:amenable 词源,amenable 含义。

amenable:顺从的

前缀a- 同ad-. 词根men, 伸出,引导,威胁,见 menace,威胁。此处用引导义,可引导的,顺从的。